![]() ![]() After graduating from teacher training college he took up an appointment as a music teacher in Sydney. Keith spent his early years in Wauchope, NSW and from an early age, was involved in Scottish and ballroom dancing. World Dance Alliance Asia–Pacific Dance Bridge 2015 My Singapore date with WDA ![]() She also enjoys working in school and community contexts. Anja has worked with many artists, including Tiina Alinen, Keith Hawley, Avril Huddy, Vanessa Mafe, Grant McLay, Courtney Scheu, and Jordin Steele.Īs a dance educator, Anja has coordinated and lectured into dance subjects at Queensland University of Technology, including dance history, analysis, world dance, commercial dance, music theatre skills, and dance audience studies. This act’s performance credits include Woodford Folk Festival, a residency at the Eumundi Markets and numerous Brisbane City Council public events. She has presented her research findings at Australian and international dance and performance studies conferences.Īs a performer and maker, Anja has had the pleasure of developing and performing a character over a period of 8 years, with director and co-performer Kari, in an environmental-focused street theatre act entitled Frog-On. Through her research, Anja has worked with The Australian Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, and Expressions Dance Company. She is currently completing her PhD in Performance Studies (Queensland University of Technology) which explores how open rehearsals affect spectator-dancer relationships in the context of mainstream ballet and contemporary dance companies. Visual perception, spatiality, and imagery investigating a paradigm for choreographic realisation and appreciationĪs an audience researcher, Anja specialises in behind-the-scenes enrichment programs in the dance industry. In 2010 Neil presented his paper Performing the Past in the Present at the World Dance Alliance Global Event: In Time Together, in New York City. In 2009 Neil presented his PhD research at the Time Transcendence Performance Conference, Monash University and at the Dance and Cognition Symposium at Macquarie University. In 2004 Neil won the AICD Sir Robert Helpmann Award for Professional Choreographers with his work Vapour Trail. In 2000 he won the PUC Award for Outstanding Choreography from Arts Alliance WA for Triptych. Neil has been a Lecturer in Contemporary Dance at WAAPA and Shanghai Theatre Academy and has been commissioned by many Australian contemporary dance companies as both choreographer and teacher. A graduate of Rusden College (now Deakin University) and a founding member of Tasdance, Neil made 23 works for the company and performed in over 50 works between 19. Neil Adams is a lecturer in contemporary dance at the Victorian College of the Arts. ![]()
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